Argentina Teachers Trim Wage Demands After Strike

Teachers Will End 17-Day Strike in Exchange for 30% Pay Raise

By

Ken Parks

March 29, 2014 5:52 p.m. ET

BUENOS AIRES—More than 3 million Argentine students will start classes Monday after public school teachers agreed to lift a 17-day strike in exchange for a raise of around 30%, illustrating the challenges Argentina's government faces in limiting salary gains after a devaluation stoked inflation.

The start of classes comes as a relief for Maria Sanabria and her teenage daughter. Mrs. Sanabria spends more than four hours a day commuting...